Retired NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao explains what candidates can expect if they are chosen for a yearlong stay on the space agency’s Mars simulator.

The agency is accepting applicants for the second cohort of its Mars simulator mission. Participants will live and work from a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot facility at NASA's Houston space center.

NASA has sent several devices to fly by Mars and rovers to explore its surface. But only robots – no humans – have been to Mars, which has 24.6 hour-days, called sols. A year on Mars takes 669 ...

NASA kicked off a 378-day mission on Sunday in which a crew of four volunteers will be locked in a ground-based simulation of the planet Mars, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The ...

Four volunteers have been locked in a Mars simulator for the next year. NASA hopes to learn more about problems humans will face on the Red Planet. They aren't allowed to leave until July 2024.

NASA is looking for the next four-person crew to spend more than a year inside a Mars simulator located in Texas, to study aspects of a mission to the red planet.

Mars simulation habitat. Credit : Kyodo via AP Images. NASA is searching for a second round of volunteers to take part in a project aimed at discovering what it will be like to live on Mars.

NASA's CHAPEA mission was a 378-day Mars simulation in a habitat in Houston. Scientists want to know what challenges astronauts will face on Mars, including extreme isolation. Crew member Ross ...

NASA's Mars simulation mission, based at Johnson Space Center in Houston, involved four volunteers living in a Mars-like habitat for over a year. It aimed to study human adaptability for future ...

A research scientist and her crew of three who spent a staggering amount of time inside a NASA constructed Mars simulator now "see life differently" On 25 June 2023 Kelly Haston, Ross Brockwell ...

Mars Dune Alpha1, a 1,700 square foot replica of the red planet's habitat at the Johnson Space Center, will simulate things such as: resource limitations, equipment failures and communication delays.